unaccustomed

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English

Etymology 1

From un- +‎ accustomed.

Adjective

unaccustomed (comparative more unaccustomed, superlative most unaccustomed)

  1. Not used to an event or thing, not accustomed.
    He is unaccustomed to the cold.
  2. To which one is not accustomed, unfamiliar
    • 1909, James Harvey Robinson, Charles Austin Beard, Readings in Modern European History: Europe since the Congress of Vienna, page 118:
      Guerrilla warfare opens a field of activity for every local capacity, forces the enemy into an unaccustomed method of battle, avoids the evil consequences of a great defeat, secures the national war from the risk of treason, and has the advantage of not confining it within any defined and determinate basis of operations.
    • 1963, Margery Allingham, “Foreword: The Turk Street Mile”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC, page 11:
      He stood transfixed before the unaccustomed view of London at night time, a vast panorama which reminded him [] of some wood engravings far off and magical, in a printshop in his childhood.
    • 1983 December 24, Andrea Loewenstein, “"What's Freedom Without Food In Your Stomach?" — A Trip to Haiti”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 23, page 8:
      Later that day, whether from the accumulated effect of seeing hunger, from the unaccustomed food or from the sun, I get sick.
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Etymology 2

Verb

unaccustomed

  1. simple past and past participle of unaccustom